Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderRaymarching is one of those techniques that has extreme simplicity and yet can generate very complex scenes from an essentially mathematical description; I think it's one of the best examples of an elegant algorithm. More info here: http://iquilezles.org/www/material/nvscene2008/rwwtt.pdf http://www.iquilezles.org/www/articles/distfunctions/distfun...
Bonus content: Terry Davis randomly shilling TempleOS in the comments.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 274
- Total comments
- 24
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-29 | Dissecting the 128-byte raycaster First breakout · Best thread | finalpatch | 143 | 4 |
| 2014-08-28 | Dissecting the 128-byte raycaster | AlexeyBrin | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-03-07 | Dissecting the 128-byte raycaster (2014)Latest 20+ point return | petercooper | 130 | 20 |